How to Use fight on in a Sentence

fight on

phrasal verb
  • For those who fought on the side of the South and were displaced, the wounds from the war remain unhealed.
    — Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a cease-fire in the Gaza war.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
  • He was slated to have his first big fight on ESPN in a few weeks.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The pair got into a fight on July 16 over who got to use the private jet to fly to the Bahamas.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There were drone shots, and there was a chase on the train, there were some gun fights on the train, and that’s where the boy got taken back by Leaphorn.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
  • From the dawn of the motorcar to today, the microcar has fought on.
    — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
  • Because of the delay, Hickey flew back home and didn’t return to Africa for the fight on Oct. 30.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But Donna, first, what -- how hard are Democrats going to fight on this one?
    — ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Butler had more even ground to fight on — first the sands of the arena, then the smooth tiles of the imperial palace.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Her husband does not share her willingness to fight on the front.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
  • The pause held; there were no reports of fighting on either side.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The Wolves were flat again at the start against the Clippers, unable to hit a shot or put up much of a fight on the defensive end.
    — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Take that fight on, because that's a fight worth fighting for, and that's a hill worth dying on.
    — ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • This issue could become one of the biggest across-the-aisle fights on this package.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Cowboys will show fight on screen in team meeting room.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
  • But if the Danish king’s latest move is anything to go by, the United States has a fight on its hands.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Cooler weather and more moisture in the air helped the fight on Saturday, as crews approached the fire from both the ground and the air.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
  • In 1775, hundreds of Black men fought on the British side of the Revolutionary War.
    — Time, 5 May 2025
  • The first fight on the UFC 300 card pits two former champions against each other.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • No hair mask or control top briefs were coming to fight on my behalf.
    — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Look for Morales to dominate this fight on his way to a decision win.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • This year, the election is being fought on the battleground of the economy.
    — NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • Articles like this one will help us in our fights on the social media wars.
    — Michael O'Rielly, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
  • About the same time, King saw two men fighting on 14th Street and asked them to stop because of the nearby police presence.
    — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • But a fight on Thursday on a speeding A train in Brooklyn that started with those taunts did not end there.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • In reality, the duo did not fight on stage, though these shows were indeed tense.
    — Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • When the Kens are fighting on the beach the background suddenly changes to a pastel background with the Kens dressed in monotones.
    — Time, 21 July 2023
  • Why does Israel need to be told to allow food to starving people if this war is being fought on the up-and-up?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Of course, now there is fighting on multiple fronts in Gaza and Lebanon, Israel, with new strikes overnight.
    — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023

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